Railroad-rail.



No. 746,430. PATENTED-Dm s, 1903.

H. B. YOST.

. RAILROAD RAIL. APPLICATION IIL'ED JULY 16, 1903.

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Patented December 8, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

HIRAM B. YOST, OF INDIANA HARBOR, INDIANA.

RAILROAD-RAIL.

SPEGIFIGATIONforming part of Letters Patent No. 746,430, d t d D b 8, 1903.

' Application filed July 16,1903. Serial No. 165,864. on model.)

T0 on whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, HIRAM B.YOST, a citizen of the United States, residing at Indiana Harbor,county of Lake,and State ofIndiana, have invented a certain new and useful Improvementin Railroad-Rails, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a new and useful improvement in railroad-rails, and has for its object to provide a railroad-rail and joint for the same, in which the separable fish-plates are done away with entirely; and a further object of my invention is to not only secure the rails together through the web of the rails, but also through the flanges of the same, so as to make a solid antirattling-joint.

With these ends in view this invention consists in the details of construction and combination of elements hereinafter set forth and then specifically designated by the claims.

In order .that those skilled in the art to which this invention appertains may understand how to make and use the same, the con struction and operation will now be described in detail, referring to the accompanying drawings,foriniug a part of this specification, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of a rail made according to my invention, the rail being broken away at the center; Fig. 2, a trans verse section through myimproved rail; Fig. 3, a plan view of the joint of the rail, a portion of the same being broken away at the center.

A represents the rail, the main portion of which is constructed thesatne as an ordinary railroad-rail, butateach end the rail has formed with it the extensions B, said extensions extending from opposite sides of the rail upon opposite ends. Each of these extensions has a vertical portion B and a horizontal portion B and is so formed that when two rails are brought against each other the ex tensions of the rails will overlap and the vertir cal portion B of each extension will fit close against the web of the next rail, and the horizontal portions B will lie u pon the flange of the next rail. The vertical portions B of the extensions are provided with oblong bolt-holes O,

and the web of the rails is also provided withoblong holes D, adapted to register with the holes G when the rails are joined. Bolts E flanges of the rail are provided with oblong holes G, adapted to register with the holes F when the rails are joined. The holes G are countersunk underneath the flange of the rails, and the tapering headed bolts H pass up- Ward through the holes G and F, and nuts I are threaded upon the upper ends of the bolts H above the horizontal portion B of the extensions B, the tapering heads of the bolts H fit-- ting into the countersink of the flange. It will thus be seen that the extensions overlap the next rails upon each side, and by being bound together, both through the Web and the flange, an exceedingly durable and solid joint is made, which will prevent any rattling of the rails, as there are no fish-plates to become loose or rattling against the rails as the train passes over the joints. The oblong holes will allow for the expansion and contraction of the rails.

Of course I do not wish to be limited to the exact construction here shown, as slight modifications could be made without departing from the spirit of my invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and useful is 1. In a railroad-rail, angular extensions formed with the rail at each end and extending outward therefrom adapted to lap over upon the next succeeding rail, said extensions adapted to fit against the web and also against the flange of the next succeeding rail, the web and flange of the rails being provided with oblong holes, the extensions being pro vided with oblong holes adapted to register with the holes of the web and flange, bolts passing through the extension and through the web, and also through the flange of the next succeeding rail, as and for the purpose specified.

2. In a railroad-rail,extensions formed with the rails at each end and extending outward therefrom adapted to lap over upon the next succeeding rail, each of said extensions consisting of a vertical and horizontal portion, the vertical portion adapted to fit against the web of the next succeeding rail, and a horizontal portion adapted to fit over the flange 3 l l l adapted to pass upward through the flange and through the horizontal portion of the extension, nuts threaded upon the upper ends of the bolts above the extensions, as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my signature in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

HIRAM B. YOST. Witnesses:

H. M. BROWN, W. E. MILES. 

